Penetration

94 entries in Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Dr. Edward G. Ervin	Lighted Cigarette through Handkerchief			1937	The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin	12	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Cigarette & Cigar / Penetration
Dr. Edward G. Ervin	A Subtle Penetration	handling for wand or pencil through handkerchief		1937	The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin	42	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Wand & Stick / Penetration of Other Objects Pen & Pencil / Penetration
Martin Gardner*	Gardner's Immovable Cigarette	cigarette is gripped through handkerchief which can be moved with motionless cigarette, topological	Also published here Immovable Cigarette (Martin Gardner, Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5, 1948) Related to Cigarette and Handkerchief (40) (Martin Gardner, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1951)	1937	Here's New Magic	15	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Cigarette & Cigar / Penetration
Charles Waller	A Visible Penetration	silk through silk with glass	Also published here Eine sichtbare Durchdringung (Charles Waller, Hokus Pokus, 1983)	1938	Greater Magic	600	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Glass / Bottomless Glass
Nelson Hahne	The Penetrating Silk	silk produced, penetrates borrowed handkerchief, vanishes		1938	Greater Magic	606	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / Bare Handed Silk & Handkerchief / Production & Appearance / Bare Handed
C.L. Jacobsen	Another Silk Penetration	no other props		1938	Greater Magic	608	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Howard Warringer	With Silk	two silks, penetration		Sep. 1938	Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 3)	3	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Jean Hugard	Mutilation	billiard ball penetrates borrowed handkerchief, for repeat it gets stuck and handkerchief is cut and burned, then restored (Hanky Panky)		1939	The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1939)	413	Silk & Handkerchief / Destroyed & Restored Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Penetration
R. D. Spraker, Jr.	Bamboo	monte with three bamboo tubes and a silk, at the end las tube is filled with liquid		Mar. 1939	Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 9)	4	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
	The Phantom Knots	two knotted silks		1941	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1	386	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
	Oriental or Simplicity Rope Release	silks knotted on ropes and fan, silks penetrate ropes		1941 ca.	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks	48	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Rope / Penetration / Grandmother's Necklace aka. Cords of Phantasia
Martin Gardner*	Card Through Handkerchief	single card penetrates handkerchief		1942	Cut the Cards	31	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Handkerchief
	The Phantom Safety Pin	moving pin along top line	Related to Down with Safety (Michael Weber, Life Savers, 1991) Variations The Phantom Returns (Paul Vigil, The Doors of Deception, 2017)	1943	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3	79	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Safety Pin / Penetration / Handkerchief
Keith Clark	Celebrated Cigarettes	routine in which lit cigarettes continue to appear, with cigarette to silk, cigarette through silk, lit cigarette appears in mouth after drinking a glass of water As the Spectator Sees It Properties and Preparation For the Cigarette to Silk For the Water Drinking Routine Sleights For the Cigar and Pipe Finish The Public Performance of Celebrated Cigarettes Preparation Presentation Extra Deluxe Routine Water Drinking Finish Cigar and Pipe Finish Special Note	Related to Cigarette and Handkerchief (39) (Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1951)	1943	Celebrated Cigarettes	7	Pipe Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Cigarette & Cigar / Penetration Cigarette & Cigar / Transformation Cigarette & Cigar / Tonguing Cigarette & Cigar / Appearance & Production / Production & Appearance (Manipulative)
	The Penetrative Silk	silk penetrates almost anything, using thread		1945	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4	355	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Martin Gardner*	Immovable Cigarette	cigarette is gripped through handkerchief which can be moved with motionless cigarette, topological	Also published here Gardner's Immovable Cigarette (Martin Gardner, Here's New Magic, 1937) Related to Cigarette and Handkerchief (40) (Martin Gardner, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1951)	1948	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	53	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Cigarette & Cigar / Penetration
Tony Lopilato	The Quick-Knot Silks	two loops of silk link		1948	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	103	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Charles Lantz	Spook Silk	handkerchief penetrates other handkerchief		Nov. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 190)	761	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
	Handkerchief Escape	with fingers		1949	Over the Coffee Cups	28	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Lewis Ganson	Penetration Plus	silk through silk routine with tube		1952	Routined Manipulation — Part Two	58	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Harlan Tarbell	Triple Handkerchief Release	three silks tied together		1954	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6	275	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Al Koran	"Hanky Panky" Routine	borrowed handkerchief is burned and restored, then coins and a filled wine glass appear 1. Penetration of the handkerchief by the pencil 2. Burnt and restored handkerchief 3. Cut and restored handkerchief (Jack Chanin) 4. Continuous production of coins from the handkerchief (Jack Chanin) 5. Production of a cigarette and lighter from the handkerchief 6. Production of a glass of wine from the handkerchief (Jardine Ellis)	Also published here Hanky Panky Routine (Al Koran, Intermagic, 1996)	1954	Routined Manipulation Finale	154	Silk & Handkerchief / Destroyed & Restored Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Glass / Production & Appearance Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief Pen & Pencil / Penetration
Hans E. Trixer	Silk Penetro	ball through silk	Also published here Silk Penetro (Hans E. Trixer, Intermagic, 1998)	1954	Routined Manipulation Finale	187	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Penetration
James G. Thompson Jr.	Safety Pin-Up	five safety pins link and unlink, moved on handkerchief and one is stretched as a climax	Also published here Meine Sicherheitsnadel-Routine (James G. Thompson Jr., Intermagic, 1998)	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	64	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Safety Pin / Penetration / Handkerchief Safety Pin / Penetration / Linking Pins Safety Pin / Transformation
Bertram Millidge	Silk through Silk			1956	Unconventional Magic	25	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
	Finger Escape	Handkerchief wrapped around finger, penetrates finger, topological		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	73	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Edwin Tabor	Tabor's Interlocked Handkerchiefs	Two handkerchiefs wrapped around each other, penetrates through each other, topological		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	76	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Jerry Andrus	A "Marline Spike" and a Handkerchief	spike through borrowed handkerchief		1957	Up Close with Andrus	5	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Jerry Andrus	Threading a Handkerchief	long needle with thread	Also published here Needle Through Handkerchief (Jerry Andrus, Nameless Notes, 1964) also in: Needle Thru Handerchief (Jerry Andrus, Special Magic, 1974)	1957	Up Close with Andrus	6	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Needle / Penetration
Bert Allerton	Impromptu Handkerchief Routine			1958	The Close-Up Magician	44	Silk & Handkerchief / Animation Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Silk & Handkerchief / Transformation Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / False Knots
Bert Allerton	Penetration	with a Knife		1958	The Close-Up Magician	48	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Knife & Paddle / Penetration
Jack Yeager	Linking Silks	as John Yeager, silk rings		1960	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)	36	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
	Eine neue Tuchdurchdringung	silk penetrates other silk which is placed on fist		1960	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 1)	900	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Bill Elliott	Thumb through Handkerchief	gag sequence, thumb half-way through silk		Dec. 1961	Ibidem (Issue 24)	23	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
North Bigbee, Al Baker	Ball and Glass		Inspired by marketed 1941 also in: Ball and Glass (The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	Nov. 1962	The New Phoenix (Issue 374)	325	Glass / Penetration Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Ball / "Small" Ball / Penetration Glass / Bottomless Glass
Jerry Andrus	Needle Through Handkerchief	long needle with thread	Also published here Threading a Handkerchief (Jerry Andrus, Up Close with Andrus, 1957) also in: Needle Thru Handerchief (Jerry Andrus, Special Magic, 1974)	1964	Nameless Notes	3	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Needle / Penetration
Alan Brown*, Al Baker	The Borgia Glass	two balls in glass penetrate silk around glass	Inspired by marketed 1941 also in: Ball and Glass (The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to p. 133 for suggestion by David Harrell	Sep. 1967	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 11)	119	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Ball / "Small" Ball / Penetration Glass / Bottomless Glass
Glenn G. Gravatt*	Super Penetration	Silk penetrate through glass wrapped in newspaper		1968	Newspaper Magic	68	Newspaper / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
	Abbott's Handkerchief and Rope Penetration	handkerchief pulled through rope, thread on silk To Pull Silk Up Through Rope To Pass Silk Back Through Rope Pulling Silk Up Through Rope With One Hand To Pass Silk Onto Rope With One Hand		1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	297	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Rope / Penetration / Penetration Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
	Ball through Silk			1969	Wonderful Routines of Magic	26	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Penetration
Shigeo Takagi	Handkerchief Penetration	silk penetrates another silk that a spectator holds upright between his hands, no reel	Also published here No-Reel Silk-Through (Shigeo Takagi, Apocalypse, 1986) also in: The Ghostly Silk (Shigeo Takagi, The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi, 1990)	1972	Lecture Notes of Shigeo Takagi	6	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Marconick	Linking Silks	knotted silk rings are linked	Also published here Les foulards enchaînés (Marconick, New Original Magic — Volume 3, 1979)	1973	Original Magic 5	17	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Jerry Andrus	Needle Thru Handerchief	Handkerchief, long needle	Also published here Threading a Handkerchief (Jerry Andrus, Up Close with Andrus, 1957) also in: Needle Through Handkerchief (Jerry Andrus, Nameless Notes, 1964)	1974	Special Magic	12	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Needle / Penetration
Jochen Zmeck	Durch das Tuch	chip through handkerchief		1974	Das Zmeckt!	12	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Chip / Penetration
Arturo	Sage Messer	knife through handkerchief	Also published here Abracadabra #508, Oct. 1955	Nov. 1975	Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)	16	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Knife & Paddle / Penetration
Karrell Fox	Pencil-tration	pencil through borrowed handkerchief, two phases		1976	Clever.... Like a Fox	51	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Pen & Pencil / Penetration
Harry Lorayne	Pen Through Handkerchief			1977	The Magic Book	249	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Pen & Pencil / Penetration
Jerry Andrus	Ring, Pen and Handkerchief	pen through handkerchief		1977	More Sleightly Slanted	16	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Pen & Pencil / Penetration
Tony Slydini	Houdini Silks	two linked silks unlink, two phases		1979	The Magical World of Slydini	64	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Richard Durham	Pin Thru Hank	"Retrospective" safety pin Notes By Karl Fulves	Also published here Genii, April 1950 Related to Ultra Penetro (Richard Durham, Self-Working Table Magic, 1981) Variations Safety Pin Escape (Vernon Winiecke, Discoverie, 2000)	1979	The Chronicles (Issue 13)	1190	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Safety Pin / Penetration / Handkerchief
Tom Sellers	A Billiard Ball Penetration	"Retrospective" - Two Tricks ball on stand covered with silk, then with larger silk, ball is on top when larger silk is removed		1979	The Chronicles (Issue 17)	1230	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Penetration
Marconick	Les foulards enchaînés	knotted silk rings are linked	Also published here Linking Silks (Marconick, Original Magic 5, 1973)	1979	New Original Magic — Volume 3	16	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Peter Warlock	Seidenringe	two silks knotted into rings, they link, thread	Also published here Pentagram, July 1959	Nov. 1980	Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 3)	98	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Charles Waller	Eine sichtbare Durchdringung	silk through silk with glass	Also published here A Visible Penetration (Charles Waller, Greater Magic, 1938)	1983	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 44 No. 4)	120	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Glass / Bottomless Glass
Shigeo Takagi	No-Reel Silk-Through	through other silk or microphone stand,...	Also published here Handkerchief Penetration (Shigeo Takagi, Lecture Notes of Shigeo Takagi, 1972) also in: The Ghostly Silk (Shigeo Takagi, The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi, 1990)	Jan. 1986	Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 1)	1162	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Microphone
Pedro	Eine humorvolle Routine mit dem Changierbeutel	handkerchief penetration, then they knot inside a changing bag		1986	Gimmick (Issue 2)	4	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Miscellaneous Apparatus & Dealer Props / Changing & Switching Devices
Karl Fulves*	Fish Story	two silks knotted together and ends kept in view, ring penetrates on center		1987	Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part One	7	Ring / Other Rings (like Keyrings) Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Karl Fulves*	Half Thru	pen penetrates borrowed handkerchief and is stuck halfway through	Also published here Half Thru (Karl Fulves, Self-Working Handkerchief Magic*, 1988)	1987	Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part One	25	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Pen & Pencil / Penetration
Karl Fulves*	Exit Coin	marked coin penetrates down and up through handkerchief	Also published here Exit Coin (Karl Fulves, Self-Working Handkerchief Magic*, 1988)	1987	Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part One	28	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Silk
Karl Fulves*	Thruway	method for object through handkerchief	Also published here General Rise (Karl Fulves, Self-Working Handkerchief Magic*, 1988)	1987	Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part Two	31	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Karl Fulves*	Billfold through Handkerchief	wallet penetrates handkerchief but content is left behind		1987	Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part Two	33	Wallet Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Karl Fulves*	Curio	four coins held under handkerchief that is stretched by two spectators, named coin penetrates upwards with paper cover, two methods	Also published here Curio (Karl Fulves, Self-Working Handkerchief Magic, 1988) Inspired by Walter Schwartz (Cigam, 1931) Pentapencil (Emil Jarrow, Walter Schwartz, Self-Working Handkerchief Magic*, 1988)	1987	Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part Two	34	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Silk
	Threading the Needle	No. 1, loop made around thumb, other end of silk magically threaded in		1988	Self-Working Handkerchief Magic	3	Silk & Handkerchief / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
	Freefall	No. 18, pen through silk		1988	Self-Working Handkerchief Magic	47	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Pen & Pencil / Penetration
Karl Fulves*	Half Thru	No. 19, pen penetrates borrowed handkerchief and is stuck halfway through	Also published here Half Thru (Karl Fulves, Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part One*, 1987)	1988	Self-Working Handkerchief Magic	50	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Pen & Pencil / Penetration
Karl Fulves*	Exit Coin	No. 20, marked coin penetrates down and up through handkerchief	Also published here Exit Coin (Karl Fulves, Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part One*, 1987)	1988	Self-Working Handkerchief Magic	53	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Silk
Karl Fulves*	General Rise	No. 21, method for object through handkerchief	Also published here Thruway (Karl Fulves, Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part Two*, 1987)	1988	Self-Working Handkerchief Magic	55	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Emil Jarrow, Walter Schwartz	Pentapencil	No. 22, two spectators hold out a handkerchief, pencil penetrates it with newspaper cover	Variations Curio (Karl Fulves, Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part Two, 1987) also in: Curio (Self-Working Handkerchief Magic*, 1988)	1988	Self-Working Handkerchief Magic	57	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Pen & Pencil / Penetration
Karl Fulves*	Curio	No. 23, four coins held under handkerchief that is stretched by two spectators, named coin penetrates upwards with paper cover, two methods	Also published here Curio (Karl Fulves, Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part Two, 1987) Inspired by Pentapencil (Emil Jarrow, Walter Schwartz, Self-Working Handkerchief Magic*, 1988)	1988	Self-Working Handkerchief Magic	60	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Silk
Walter Schwartz	Pop Up	No. 24, thimble through handkerchief		1988	Self-Working Handkerchief Magic	63	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Thimble / Penetration
Duke Stern	Jump Up	No. 25, pencil through handkerchief		1988	Self-Working Handkerchief Magic	65	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Pen & Pencil / Penetration
David Williamson	Beelzebub's Blade	napkin ripped by knife, restores and knife vanishes	Related to The Knife through Handkerchief (David Williamson, Opus, 1989)	1989	Williamson's Wonders	83	Silk & Handkerchief / Destroyed & Restored Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Knife & Paddle / Penetration Knife & Paddle / Vanish Paper / Paper Napkin
Shigeo Takagi	The Ghostly Silk	silk penetrates another silk that a spectator holds upright between his hands, no reel	Also published here Handkerchief Penetration (Shigeo Takagi, Lecture Notes of Shigeo Takagi, 1972) also in: No-Reel Silk-Through (Shigeo Takagi, Apocalypse, 1986)	1990	The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi	38	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Victor J. Peacock	Move Number Eleven	lit cigarette through silk	Also published here Magic Wand Quarterly, Mar/May 1925	1991	Page Wright's Manuscript	43	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Cigarette & Cigar / Penetration
T. Page Wright	Move Number Five	thimble through handkerchief		1991	Page Wright's Manuscript	56	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Thimble / Penetration
Masao Atsukawa	Fabric Through Pasteboard	silk through giant card, visual	Variations Tuch durch Karte (Alexander de Cova, Burners — Vol. 4, 2016) The Hole (El Agujero) (Alexander de Cova, Genii, 2018) also in: El Agujero (Sechzig Sechzig, 2025)	1992	Five Times Five — Japan	22	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Penetration / With Other Objects
Al Koran	Hanky Panky Routine	described by Lewis Ganson, borrowed handkerchief is burned and restored, then coins and a filled wine glass appear 1. Ein Bleistift durchdringt das Taschentuch 2. Verbranntes und wieder hergestelltes Taschentuch 3. Zerschnittenes und wiederhergestelltes Taschentuch (Jack Chanin) 4. Fortwährende Münzenproduktion aus Tuch (Jack Chanin) 5. Produktion einer Zigarette und eines Feuerzeugs 6. Produktion eines Glases Wein (Jardine Ellis)	Also published here "Hanky Panky" Routine (Al Koran, Routined Manipulation Finale, 1954)	1996	Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 1)	27	Silk & Handkerchief / Destroyed & Restored Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Glass / Production & Appearance Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief Pen & Pencil / Penetration
Joe Mogar	The Drill	thimble through silk		1997	Digital Effects	125	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Thimble / Penetration
Joe Mogar	Poker	thimble through handkerchief		1997	Digital Effects	129	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Thimble / Penetration
Hans E. Trixer	Silk Penetro	ball through silk	Also published here Silk Penetro (Hans E. Trixer, Routined Manipulation Finale, 1954)	1998	Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 2)	74	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Penetration
James G. Thompson Jr.	Meine Sicherheitsnadel-Routine	five safety pins link and unlink, moved on handkerchief and one is stretched as a climax	Also published here Safety Pin-Up (James G. Thompson Jr., Top Secrets of Magic, 1956)	1998	Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 3)	99	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Safety Pin / Penetration / Handkerchief Safety Pin / Penetration / Linking Pins Safety Pin / Transformation
Vernon Winiecke	Safety Pin Escape	safety pin linked to handkerchief, then rolled up, it is free when rolled open again, with other ideas	Inspired by Genii, April 1950 also in: Pin Thru Hank (The Chronicles, 1979)	2000	Discoverie (Issue 2)	22	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Safety Pin / Penetration / Handkerchief
Karl Norman	Routine mit Sicherheitsnadeln	linking safety pins, safety pin attached to handkerchief and pulled from side to side	Also published here The Linking Pins (Karl Norman, 40 Years at the Forks, 1995)	2001	Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5)	119	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Safety Pin / Penetration / Handkerchief Safety Pin / Penetration / Linking Pins
Nelson Hahne	Cigarette Through Handkerchief		Also published here The Sphinx, Vol. 26 No. 7, Sep. 1927	Oct. 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 10)	13	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Cigarette & Cigar / Penetration
Robert L. Henderson	Eggs of the Magi	silk to egg, egg penetrates another silk, chicken puppet produced from paper bag, wooden eggs fall out of it	Also published here Genii, Vol. 17 No. 8, Apr. 1953, p. 317	2002	The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic	292	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Egg / Silk to Egg Egg / Penetration Egg / Production & Appearance / Props
Al Baker	Ball and Glass	two balls in glass penetrate silk around glass, clever	Also published here marketed 1941 Variations Ball and Glass (North Bigbee, Al Baker, The New Phoenix, 1962) The Borgia Glass (Alan Brown, Al Baker, The Pallbearers Review*, 1967)	2003	The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Instructions)	537	Glass / Penetration Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Ball / "Small" Ball / Penetration Glass / Bottomless Glass
Karl Fulves*	A Versatile Move	Gypsy Switch to set up penetration of object through handkerchief		2007	Prolix (Issue 3)	170	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration
Jim Steinmeyer	Par Two	ball in glass, covered with silk, ball penetrates through silk, glass with hole	Inspired by "The Penetrating Ball" (Robert Harbin, Something New in Magic, 1929)	2009	A Tribute to Robert Harbin	16	Glass / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Penetration
	Indestructible Napkin	knife through handkerchief		2011	Mr. Mysto's Wizard Academy	52	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Knife & Paddle / Penetration Paper / Paper Napkin
Dai Vernon	Ball Through Silk			Mar. 2016	Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)	63	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / Penetration
Alexander de Cova	Tuch durch Karte	silk through giant card, visual, routine with two cards that have holes in it	Inspired by Fabric Through Pasteboard (Masao Atsukawa, Five Times Five — Japan, 1992)	2016	Burners — Vol. 4	267	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Penetration / With Other Objects
Paul Vigil	The Phantom Returns	"or Ripping the Fabric of Space-Time" safety pin pinned through handkerchief and ripped out, repeats Phase 1: The Fabric of Space-Time Phase 2: You Decide Phase 3: Lies are Made from Whole Cloth	Inspired by The Phantom Safety Pin (Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3, 1943)	2017	The Doors of Deception	103	Silk & Handkerchief / Destroyed & Restored Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Safety Pin / Penetration / Handkerchief
Alexander de Cova	The Hole (El Agujero)	Notizen silk through center hole of three holes in two giant cards, jumps to another hole and back	Also published here El Agujero (Alexander de Cova, Sechzig Sechzig, 2025) Inspired by Fabric Through Pasteboard (Masao Atsukawa, Five Times Five — Japan, 1992)	Nov. 2018	Genii (Vol. 81 No. 11)	76	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Penetration / With Other Objects
Alexander de Cova	El Agujero	silk through center hole of three holes in two giant cards, jumps to another hole and back	Also published here The Hole (El Agujero) (Alexander de Cova, Genii, 2018) Inspired by Fabric Through Pasteboard (Masao Atsukawa, Five Times Five — Japan, 1992)	2025	Sechzig Sechzig	[24]	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Penetration / With Other Objects